Soft matter and liquids Research update Fish swishing mixes the oceans Mathematicians enter the debate on whether marine swimmers stir the seas Read article: Fish swishing mixes the oceans
Telescopes and space missions Research update Are quasars star-making machines? Supermassive black holes might help, and hinder, the star-making process Read article: Are quasars star-making machines?
Mathematical physics Research update Physics takes the wobble out of rowing A formula that doesn't rock the boat Read article: Physics takes the wobble out of rowing
Ultracold matter Research update Lasers simulate magnetic field in a BEC Vector potential puts ultracold atoms in a spin Read article: Lasers simulate magnetic field in a BEC
Particles and interactions Research update Quark-like confinement seen in the lab Spinons in a solid behave like quarks Read article: Quark-like confinement seen in the lab
Soft matter and liquids Research update Physical forces at work in biocomposites Study reveals how single crystals incorporate polymer strands Read article: Physical forces at work in biocomposites
Soft matter and liquids Research update Snail shell spiral switched Biophysicists change the chirality in developing snail embryos Read article: Snail shell spiral switched
Plasma physics Research update Plasmas have healing powers Low-temperature ions can sterilize hands and wounds Read article: Plasmas have healing powers
Transport properties Research update Spins spotted in room-temperature silicon Physicists pass important milestone in spintronics Read article: Spins spotted in room-temperature silicon
Soft matter and liquids Research update Skin cells ruffle to heal open wounds Novel microscopy technique captures migrating skin cells Read article: Skin cells ruffle to heal open wounds